"Harley Benton" "L500" Tonerider "Alnico ii" Blackstar HT100 "Matt Robinson"

[@marky0071]

I have to admit man, you are a walking advertisement for HB. Kudos to you, excellent playing. Really impressed!

[@mattrobinson]

Ha ha cheers, yeah they should be paying me!

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

and Blackstar should be paying him too

[@LordBransty]

I've been playing guitar for 45 years, but I could listen to you play all day! Lovely feel to your playing. The Peter Green stuff blew me away. Nice to see a youngster like you listening to that old stuff. It has a magic still! BTW - I'm going to buy a HB and Tonerider alnicos! - you've sold it to me. Peace!

[@mattrobinson]

You made my night thanks very much my friend. Let me know how it turns out

[@codybrooks3708]

I want to piggy back on your comment. I could count on 1 hand how many times I have possible wrote a comment on KZbin, and no one may ever read this. But I feel that happiness that is child like when I listen to the sounds coming out of my headphones. I'm at a loss of words. This is the purest and sweetest tone and playing style that I have ever heard. I'm only a minute and 58 seconds into it, but I've been there for 15 minutes because I keep replaying. Amazing job man. You probably converted quite a few people to look into those pickups, Harley Benton, and Blackstar. But your style can't be bought. I just hope that guitar was of age.

[@michaelkelly1251]

@@codybrooks3708 Well I just found this by accident I read your comment, and I too am piggy backing. Im' gonna go one extra step, and share it. Matt Robinson you have a talent that needs to be Seen and heard.

[@gustavoloebel]

What a feeling mate! Amazing sound and recording! Very inspiring! Thanks for that!🎶👏👏👏

[@mattrobinson]

Thanks mate

[@richardfinney8784]

Excellent review Matt 👍 I ordered my set for my lp, great playing you're a very gifted guitarist and you're passion is easily heard and felt. Never lose that brother we are a rare breed in these years.

[@Jamzocd]

That’s the Les Paul tone I’ve been searching for.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Proof you dont need to spend a fortune to get a top sound.

[@iliana_b]

just get a good amp and play nice

[@kevinm5103]

Hi Matt, honoured to hear you play. I get the feeling that any guitar in your hands is going to create magic. There are so many guitar players out there (me first) who got a lesson on letting our emotions come out and shine through our playing. Especially let me add Gary would be proud brother. You are among the best Ive seen and you have motivated me that shred does lose to soul but with a great player like yourself both can walk together sometimes. Thank you Matt.....

[@mattrobinson]

Kevin M wow, I’m very flattered, thank you Kevin

[@volkerfriedritz8149]

Great, great, great! Normally, I'm a strat & telly guy, but the sound of your guitar and your great playing makes me want a Les Paul style guitar...Right Now! The only problem: in my hands, it will never ever sound like in yours. I'm blown away.

[@turrafirmaguitarchannel]

These pickups allow you to play a Les Paul with heaps of chime. I dial my tone control back on the bridge pickup and use the volume to overdrive. It works a treat with may Katana amp.

[@waskele.wabbit717]

I'm a Harley Benton tonerider guy too, thanks to you bro.

[@turrafirmaguitarchannel]

I put the alnico 2 classics in a Samick artist LP copy and very happy with the tone. Very full and melodic with enough bite in the top end.

[@ZakRahman]

Beautiful playing. Nice to see someone else appreciates Gary Moore. Thanks :)

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

Your set up let's you express a wide variety of kewl music. I'm glad you found those pickups, il try them in my chipson

[@grangerousdesigns4678]

Beautiful playing man.That guitar has sustain for days.

[@1redgate8]

Stayed to listen to you play...

[@udobekemeier2885]

Absolutely great tone! I've got the 450 with the Tonerider Rocksong inside and it sounds phantastic. With a littel upgrade on the other hardware it also plays just great.

[@DenisAhmet]

Yep AlNiCo II’s are so sweet, I have them in a Harley Benton E35 plus, it’s one of my favourite guitars to play in my collection. Great demo of the sounds you can get, my favourite was blues clean. I purchased my pickups in the UK made by Vanson, only paid £25.00 for them. I think in any country there will be a small company making good quality pickups, search and yes will find.

[@thijsvanbree5730]

This is the seventh time today that I listen this, beautiful!! My Favorite!! Keep going!

[@mattrobinson]

Thijs van Bree Cheers man

[@Glamosapien]

U got such a sick natural organic sound from your setup props to you a lot of people recording sound tend to make it sound stale and lose its juicy character

[@mattrobinson]

Cheers mate, very nice of you

[@Glamosapien]

@@mattrobinson also which pedals were giving you your tone during the gary moore songs you got his voice pretty much perfectly . His tone is a lot like mine very full and voicey

[@mattrobinson]

@@Glamosapien hi, It was all the amp with no pedals, the amp has a gain & mid boost built in similar to an OD pedal.

[@Glamosapien]

@@mattrobinson dude thats pretty crazy ! Luckkyyyy

[@randombedroomguitarrist5253]

amazing soulful, and beautiful guitar tone with an amazing guitar play

[@VanjaSpirin]

Great sound and even better playing.

[@patrickgesner2991]

Great job on the Gary Moore tone!!!

[@mattrobinson]

Thanks mate

[@lawrencedavis5459]

awesome. you have all the greats as influences

[@mattrobinson]

Lawrence Davis thanks man

[@mattrobinson]

Lawrence Davis thanks man

[@addictedtogear]

I just ordered a pair based mostly on your video. I hope they sound as good as they do here.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

so how were they ?

[@Evowar05]

Holy Hell, you have an awesome, big fat sounding tone. This sounds amazing man. I hear it's double tracked, but still sounds so airy and full! Kudos. Getting Harley Benton SC Custom FR VB soon and checking out videos around.

[@mattrobinson]

Sebastian Kazuya hey thanks man, it's not double tracked, there is a clean rhythm track and overdrive lead track that's all.

[@stephenbaker7989]

Beautiful tone fella. It's in your fingers 👌

[@mattrobinson]

Stephen Baker thank you my friend

[@guitarlessons205]

Love your playing and your sound mat. I just wanted to say to everyone in the world who says all the tone is in your fingers try doing that with a First Act Guitar and a gorilla amp.. you got to have decent equipment people and then you got to have the fingers. I do agree with the post that says proof right here you don't need a $5,000 Les Paul. And $5,000 worth of gear to get an incredible sound you proved it all Matt

[@antwilkphotography]

I've just order a set of these because of your videos, they sound great. Great playing too!!

[@steveleblanc4099]

I feel some soul coming out brother

[@denracho7643]

that tone is amazing. keep it up brother

[@danielezest]

WOAH MAN! I have goosebumps!

[@gustavolopes6286]

This guitar tone is really something. Either with a bit of gain or with less gain, sounds amazing.

[@mattrobinson]

Gustavo Lopes thanks man, the dynamics in the pickups really are what makes this tone great

[@nigelsmith4948]

Cheers Matt, some really well executed sublime playing, many thanks

[@mattrobinson]

Very kind words, thank you

[@mcharlesjohnb3473]

You have the TONE man - Great player in very different styles

[@rodiebobwilliams1330]

Yes those Toneridersare balls deluxe in that Benton..I love their Lps but my Gibson fix is filled with my 1963 Melody Maker Mod from the Day.. Moores experience definitely worth listening to...I noticed Eric Johnson not on your list of influences, He gets my attention for his Hendrix, Beck, Wes Montgomery feels and modern influence on guitar, plus his diversity but thats another discussion...Nice mod on the Benton sir!

[@gusmetalone]

Nice sound and great playing 😎🎸

[@brandonfairchild5340]

Ordered a Benton 450 vintage plus. Was carousing around the net looking for what type of pup upgrade I was gonna do. Well, it looks like I've found it! Thanks, Matt. Nice tone, man.

[@mattrobinson]

Cheers Brandon, brilliant pickups man. You won’t be disappointed

[@Magik1369]

Sounds great. Love Harley Benton...except most of their models require fret jobs out of the box. Love Tonerider also. I have 2 Harley Bentons with Toneriders and they sound awesome.

[@RoyvanRikken]

I'm sure some people who've got a $2500,- Gibson Les Paul aren't getting any happier after watching this video. 😅 I've read you also have an SE Tremonti. What pickups are in this one ?

[@mattrobinson]

Ha ha, Well they can always sell it and get 17 harley Benton's or keep one harley benton and have $2360 spare ha ha. Yeah the tremonti has the crappy stock pickups : )

[@marka6414]

Superb demo, your playing and guitar sound absolutely fantastic. Have tried changing the tone control to vintage wiring? If your loving Gary Moore I found it to make a massive difference. The vintage tone wiring stops high frequency roll off when you turn the volume control down. It sounds significantly more natural than using a treble bleed and allows the tone to clean up really nicely. It only takes a single change to each volume pot, the tone contol is connected to the middle (output) connector instead of the left (input) connector which the pickup output is normally connected for the modern wiring. The vintage wiring is how all early Gibson Les Pauls were wired. When I made the change it was one of those moments..... "So that's how Gary Moore was able to use his volume control so much and sound amazing" . There's loads of articles that talk about is, you may see some which also shows the tone control wiring being changed, but that's not need really but if you want to have it authentically wired it's only takes a couple more solders. Thanks for a great video, really try the vintage wiring it you haven't, it really made a unbelievable difference to how playable my guitars are. It's the first thing I check when I get a new guitar.

[@mattrobinson]

Hi Mark, I’ve actually been thinking about doing the treble bleed so I’m definitely gonna try vintage wiring instead. I don’t like how my guitars get muddy when the volume isn’t on 10 so this sounds like the answer. Thanks man 👍

[@marka6414]

@@mattrobinson I know you're going to love it. I never used my volume control before I came across this. Now my normal playing voume is about 7-8, when I want to add some extra agression I push it up to 10. For rythmn I back it off to 2-5, its lovely and clean. It's like being able to adjust the drive control on your overdrive pedal from your guitar. The problem I found with the treble bleed circuits is that high frequencies are always sent to the output, so when you start to back of the volume you find there's too much treble. Vintage wiring on the otherhand the guitar stays pretty much as it was on 10 but quieter. You test this you by playing at 10 then rolling the volume of to 7 and then increasing the volume of the amp so that the volume on 7 is now as loud as it was at 10 and you'll see the guitar sounds almost exactly the same. The reason for doing this is that as the guitar is quieter you naturally hear less treble. At gig volume you don't hear it as the overall volume is so much higher.

[@mattrobinson]

Mark A Brilliant, I’m doing this this week 👍

[@carlosclaptrix]

Superb! I think I'll "copy" the recipy: SC 500 and Tonerider AC ii

[@CyberRabid.]

Im enamored with the Tonerider brand. However, a comparison between the Tonerider's and the Roswell's that came stock with the guitar would've been most welcome.

[@reneotten7376]

Awesome sound and great playing.

[@kennyh5083]

Awesome playing Bro!

[@mattrobinson]

Cheers mate

[@kathehun6034]

Great sounds and that guitar very versatile it seems and bro you make that pice really sing good job keep em comming

[@mattrobinson]

K A TheHUN thanks man

[@cabotti]

i ´ve just bought one tonerider alnico ii because of you! i like your videos and i hope it will remake my burny sg sound. But well... i know i will not sound like you. Your feeling and playing is amazing! Well done!!!

[@mattrobinson]

Joan Cabotti hey thanks for the compliment, congrats on the ac2

[@stephenkrus]

Dude! Your phrasing and your vibrato... high quality stuff! 👌🔥🤟

[@arthurpiccio6598]

Tonerider probably sold a lot of pickups thanks to you. Got the Alnico II humbuckers too, thanks to one of your vids. Incredible, and not just for the price.

[@mattrobinson]

Arthur Piccio Thanks man, and congrats. Amazing pickups

[@patrickjude55]

love it ,hope I am related Pat robinson ,geting my first harley les paul soon ,have their 335 copy great guitars ,helps to beawesome like you matt!!

[@mattrobinson]

Cheers man :) yeah we could be ha ha. Yeah I was thinking of getting the 335 too, for the price you could have the entire range for the price of a Gibby

[@Lacuerdaalaire]

Add to my favorites and +1like man. Parisienne Walkways sound amazing. These pickups sound really really good, and with clean tones too. Thanks for the video :-)

[@mad37967]

sounds great man!! sweet playing. Cheers!

[@andresmasteraybar]

Great played and better tone plus a feeling on your fingers! Thats the way i like to play too! Congrats!

[@mattrobinson]

Andres Master Aybar Thanks man

[@svogender]

You sound great and you have an awesome vibrato....Wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mattrobinson]

svogender thanks man, very nice of you

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

Holy sh!t, I thought I had great bargain tone with the Gibson Les Paul studio I picked up for 350 quid. Your playing a guitar that is listed for less than 1/3 of that and it sounds amazing. Both your Les Paul and mine have maple necks, a rare thing in a Les paul, I think there could be something cool that they contribute to the tone.

[@mattrobinson]

Hi, yeah the Harley Benton’s ridiculously good for how inexpensive they are

[@pascalhubl613]

Nice playing and wonderful tone. Man thats not only the gear, its in your fingers

[@relyiain]

Great playing .I enjoyed your impros very much. I have the white sc500 and I love it . Great vid Matt

[@mattrobinson]

Thanks

[@rstaggs1000]

Well done! Enjoyed it. Great playing.

[@scallionboy8679]

Amazing playing, saw this on the tone rider news page. but as someone said already that gear is a part of tone but your fingers make up so much of it. Wonderful to listen to and Made my night with the Gary Moore stuff brilliant. I Just put some tonerider rocksongs with a coil tap in my HSH "frankenstrat" project guitar don't want to put it down now. Ha.

[@mattrobinson]

Stewart scallionboy Thompson thank you very much my friend. You have made my morning lol. Congrats on the rocksongs : )

[@bartroossink2855]

Nice playing! Nice sound!

[@muttleyblack]

Hello great playing! A question. Did you put the neck pickup upside down;

[@mattrobinson]

Thanks, yeah by accident ha ha. I’ve since re installed it the correct way, didn’t really seem to have any audible difference anyway to be honest

[@muttleyblack]

Well I thought you did that for a proper, cause Gary have the neck pickup upside down! :)

[@mattrobinson]

@@muttleyblack ha ha no

[@markthoel9437]

I have the later SC 500 and they're great guitars for the price. I've been very happy with it but I've got to admit those pickups do sound great. I might have to add them to my upgrade list. but not until after I fit a Duesenberg les term. The only thing wrong with my HB when I got it was the nut was complete shite

[@Squazzoo68]

Dude! You are absolutely my favorite guitarist on KZbin! No shit! Your tone is great and you put so much heart into each and every note. Think I'm gonna pull the trigger soon & buy that Benton. Those pups sound amazing. They clean up so nice when rolling off the volume. Are those stock pots & caps?

[@mattrobinson]

Squazzoo68 I'm flattered, thanks man! Yeah stock pots apart from the bridge vol pot. Changed it to a CTS 500k and cleans up even better. I love the Tonerider alnico ii, warm yet bites and snarls when you dig in

[@Squazzoo68]

***** I don't have a black beauty les Paul and since the price is ridiculous cheap, I might go for it. I've purchased 9 Bentons and they're the best guitars for the money. You should try the JA-60. Fantastic! The Wilkinson P-90s handle gain like you wouldn't believe. Think you may be onto something with the lower output pup theory. I just really like your guitar playing style. You can shred, but you're tasteful about it and play differant styles and genres well. If we were in the same country, I'd want YOU in my band! Haha

[@mattrobinson]

Squazzoo68 ha ha, thanks man you've made my day. Yeah, cant go wrong with harley bentons for the money. I will have to give that a try : )

[@GCKelloch]

Keep in mind with the A2C pickups, if the wind layers do indeed have about half of a typical PAF, the coils will be 2x wider. That has the effect of reducing the lower harmonic strength for each note. That makes each note sound thinner. Fine for reducing lower string muddiness, but the treble strings can sound too thin. I'd instead go with the A4C set for fat sounding bridge tones, and just lower the coils and raise the pole screws for the neck pickup, or get the A2C for the neck

[@mattrobinson]

Hi, im interested to know where you got the information about the wind layers on the ac2? I have an ac4 set that I tried in the same guitar and still much prefer the ac2 as it sounds and feels more open and natural to me

[@joraalexandru]

well, I forgot about the guitar, I got lost in the music. sometimes we are so busy creating music that we forget to really enjoy it....

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Been thinking of getting a Blackstar. This has helped. Thanks.

[@mattrobinson]

Chris Davies Great amps and very versatile

[@steveleblanc4099]

Thats the sound myy 77 custom had a real gibson sound awesome!

[@waskele.wabbit717]

If I was to put together a video of my playing I would have to do a lot more editing than you. lol great stuff man.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

I just bought the SC Custom 450 VB. It should be arriving in mid June.

[@montyderhak]

Damn dude sounds awesome!!! Making it sound sweet

[@mattrobinson]

mont john cheers man

[@patrickgesner2991]

Hey man- awesome tone! Is there a reason you put the neck pickup backwards? Does it brighten it up a bit to keep it from getting muddy?

[@mattrobinson]

Hi, cheers. It was actually a mistake on my part ha ha. I’ve since put it as it should be but doesn’t seem to make much difference anyway

[@ErebosGR]

That would only happen if the coils were wound assymetrically, meaning the "screw" coil was wound hotter than the other. I don't think that is the case with the Tonerider pickups. I think they are all wound symmetrically.

[@bluesbishop]

Great tone!! would love to hear these and your other guitar with the A4's with less gain...more of Zeppelinish tone and see how they would sound. These sounds great even with your higher gain settings and volume rolled back these pickups rock and great playing!!

[@mattrobinson]

Cheers man, yeah can't recommend them enough, best tones I've ever had. The other guitar has an ac2 bridge and an ac4 neck but uncovered so not as smooth but more clarity. I'm actually planning on doing a demo of them pickups very soon with a few Zeppelin tones in there too

[@bluesbishop]

After hearing these I'm ordering a set...your AC2 versions sound great with your guitar and gain settings. For me...I'm thinking a Ac4n in the neck...and using another neck pickup in the bridge...their Generator Neck...is 7.8 range...A5...may swap the magnet for a A5 short to get closer to a t top sound and more quack in middle position. Really digging your HT100...I've been neglecting my 1967 Fender Bassman since picking up a Blackstar ID TVP....love that amp...but hearing your HT...may need to get one as well...but no more 100 watters for me...lol. Keep up the great work!!!

[@biekanez1]

Matt you are a great guitarplayer. Is the HB original or did you change something on it? The sound of the HB is amazing!

[@mattrobinson]

Cheers for the kind words man, yeah they are replacement pickups called 'Tonerider alnico ii classics' best pickups I've ever had and half the price of dimarzio/Seymour duncans. I got mine from amazon :)

[@rodiebobwilliams1330]

Matt just ran into your demo of that Te-30, sounds like alot of the same influences of music, Nice solid diverse technique. Im looking for a review of that Te-30 and if you left it stock or made some mods..Looking for a platform tele guitar..Ill look further, thanks for sharing this variable property of this guitar!! Rodiebob

[@mattrobinson]

Thanks, I had it stock for one video and put tonerider pickups in for another video

[@rodiebobwilliams1330]

@@mattrobinson Thank you sir..Ive heard alot about them..Reasonable cost and good performance..I Have a Lawrence in my Melody Maker in the neck that is hotter, warmer that is blues/jazz right out of the box.. I have never owned or really played a tele, but always wanted to feel dat heat!! Lol..

[@sk8guitars]

great playing

[@vicsguitargrotto786]

Fantastic sound you got there Matt. You've nailed the Gary Moore sound. Forgive my ignorance but are you playing through the amps clean channel and overdriving the tubes or through the overdrive channel? (I wonder if you can near this tone through the HT-5).

[@mattrobinson]

Hey cheers its the guitar straight into the overdrive channel with the gain less than half. I had the ht5 and actually preferred the tone but just wasn't enough volume for gigs. So yeah you could get this tone all day on a ht5, just keep gain below half and use low output pickups and you're there

[@vicsguitargrotto786]

+matt robinson OK Thx for the reply.

[@doca1983]

Exelente hermano ejecución y bonita les Paul

[@mattrobinson]

Thanks

[@geeraertjean-luc9476]

Really , really nice ! Well done ! By the moment , i only want to play Alnico 2 . And your demo is much better than the one on Tonerider site !

[@mattrobinson]

Natin Sbire thanks man, they are truly great pickups : )

[@galox93]

nice play man !!

[@spfspf2166]

This brother rocks!

[@TheEZGlider]

Matt, your playing is fantastic! Enjoy any vid I come across from you. Love your sound. I'm leaning heavily to the Toneriders for an LP build project. Any particular reason you prefer the Alnico2 over the 4? Hard to make a definitive decision based on KZbin, but I'm looking for a definitely old school "singing" tone. (Read that as Duane Allman's '59 LP). Any input would be appreciated! Keep rockin' these out there, love to listen!

[@mattrobinson]

Michael Bridges Thank You very much Michael, very kind of you. I would go with the alnico ii with metal cover for what you are saying. It really is an amazing pickup. Really dynamic and sweet but snarls when you hit the strings hard, nails all the classic 60s 70s Humbucker tones. The alnico iv is tighter and brighter so works well in the neck to keep things from getting muddy. If I could only keep one pickup for life it would be the alnico ii classic. It beats anything I've tried hands down

[@svogender]

You sound great and have and have an awesome vibrato....Wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pigglo]

Your tone is great with these pickups! I have the same guitar and don´t really like the sound of the standard pickups compared to the wilkinson´s in my SC450 Plus. I have to get a set of these toneriders!

[@mattrobinson]

pigglo thanks, I cant recommend the Tonerider's enough, especially the alnico ii classics

[@ReValveiT_01]

Great sound!

[@russelldavis8415]

Great playing Matt.

[@mattrobinson]

Russell Davis Thanks mate

[@grafen3teiner]

Hi Matt, would like to know if you're using coil split and if so how the neck pick up sounds compare to a strat neck pick up. Cheers from Hamburg

[@mattrobinson]

Hi, no it was wired for humbucker only. I had the coil split on another les Paul and never liked it or used it. I prefer to just have a separate guitar with single coils.

[@grafen3teiner]

@@mattrobinson I also have a Strat and this awesome L500 LP. Because I love the neck sound of a Strat I thought may I could combine the feeling of a Les Paul with this sound but it seems there is no way. Thx for your reply mate!

[@mattrobinson]

@@grafen3teiner oh well it’s worth a try, you might like it. No problem

[@grafen3teiner]

@@mattrobinson I asked tonerider about this idea and waiting for the answer. Nice evening & cheers

[@vhotton]

nice video! I'm from Brazil. I really like your tone man!

[@mattrobinson]

Cheers man

[@s.g.7119]

Hi Matt, i've just recently got my HB SC 500. I wanna use the guitar mainly for mid and sometimes high gain sound Unsure if i should put the alnico II or the p90 rebels in it. Think both sound really great. What would be your recommendation? The rebels or the alnico II? Or do you have any recommendations for another setup? Really nice playing and demos by the way 👍🏻

[@mattrobinson]

Hi, thanks. It really depends what kind of tones you’re going for. I personally prefer the alnico ii’s. The rebels are good for what they do but make the les Paul very strat like. The alnico ii’s are thicker, warmer and more sustain. The rebels are better for clean and very low gain tones. Just make sure that if you get the rebels to change your 500k pots in your guitar to 250k pots because the rebels are single coils. I made the mistake of keeping the 500k in mine and it was way too bright ha ha

[@s.g.7119]

@@mattrobinson Alright then i will definitely go for the alnico II Thanks for the fast answer

[@mattrobinson]

S. G. No problem

[@wardhox]

Great sound and nice playing 😎

[@simpleone1989]

To be honest most of the awesome tone comes from your fingers and playing! Everything else plays a lesser role! ;) Great pickups I think i'll consider them.

[@mattrobinson]

Cheers man :)

[@magnificentmask9601]

exactly that guitar is just good but he plays beautifully

[@Phoebedumplings]

Enjoying the videos , thanks

[@fredericphilippi1714]

Nice video! I think I heard bb king must be a better world in the beginning.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

I see you took the pickguard off. I didn't notice it when I first watched this video. But I took mine off too and put black pickguard screws in the 2 holes. I th8nk it looks much better.

[@mattrobinson]

Yeah I’ve always liked lp’s better with no pickguard. It was good enough for Gary Moore eg ha ha

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

@@mattrobinson LOL, yeah!

[@igorshveytser6126]

Great both tone and playing, especially Green's an' Moore's stuff. Is it an old model? Seems like they don't make this very guitar anymore

[@mattrobinson]

Thanks man, yeah but they changed it slightly. It’s now called an sc-500-bk

[@igorshveytser6126]

@@mattrobinson, I wonder how does this one compare to the one I have which is: www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_sc_custom_vb.htm

[@christiandude3149]

I have a Harley Benton to, what Poties and Wiring did you use in this Paula? Greets 🤘🏻

[@mattrobinson]

Hi, it’s just the stock pots and modern wiring in this vid, thanks

[@rodiebobwilliams1330]

What did you think about the stock pickups in the TE 30? Im sure you went wylie coyote to the Toneriders I heard why, curious how the Stock pups felt..

[@mattrobinson]

Ha ha I did. To be fair the stock pickups were actually good. A bit hotter and more modern, good for the heavier stuff. The toneriders have more of the classic tele sound that I wanted

[@rodiebobwilliams1330]

@@mattrobinson I hear ya.. Im in the middle more like where you are...I expect that I would change the pups fairly quickly as one gets used to knowing how and what you expect to sound like.. However the Benton platform is pretty damn good out of the box in my research..Some problems here and there, nothing systemic... Hell you could buy three guitars and get your needs handled with minor mods.. My Maker getting close to needing a fret job and its killing me to accept that ugly..I wont even try that...Lolol..

[@joefangtastic]

Amazing playing dude!

[@mattrobinson]

Thanks man

[@Lacuerdaalaire]

Great video man and amazings blues :-)

[@tangosaki]

Lost track how many times i have watched this amazing video, sir you have a amazing talent keep the video's coming there a pleasure watch wish i was this good lol, have to ask apart from the pick ups have you changed anything else on the guitar, you've got me looking for one of these now lol.

[@mattrobinson]

Paul Vasey hey thanks for the compliment man, much appreciated. I have changed the volume and tone pots to CTS ones at the same time as the pickups but the pots didn't make much of a difference. The pickups made a huge difference on the other hand. The alnico 2's transomed this from an ok guitar to an absolute tone machine. Thanks again for the kind words

[@tangosaki]

matt robinson no worries man thanks for the info keep em video’s coming 🎶 👀👍

[@jamescourt2842]

@Matt Robinson Another fantastic video mate I absolutely love it your tone is just perfect I'm sorry to bend your ear but what drive pedals are you using. Sounds beautiful 👌 You using guvnor with SD1? Thanks ☺️ 🤘💪🤘☺️.

[@mattrobinson]

Thanks James, In this video it was just the les Paul straight into the Blackstar amp.

[@jamescourt2842]

@@mattrobinson Thanks dude I love it some reverb in from Pro tools/Logic at the end just wish my videos would come out like yours

[@MrYatesj1]

Well Played. The Guitar seems a bit short on sustain but it does have a few tones that are classic. Thanks For sharing

[@xXGuitarGuyPFCXx]

this guitar is beautiful my gosh I want one I just wish they did not change the headstock on it because the new headstock style looks so bad :/ if you know where to get one of these with your style headstock I would be very interested to hear about it! :D insanely good playing bro

[@mattrobinson]

Cheers for the nice words man :) I think you're best bet would be to look for a second hand one or even contact thoman to see if they have any leftover stock of these

[@xXGuitarGuyPFCXx]

Thank you very much I will do my best to find one this guitar is Gnarly! rock on bro